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.TH MPI_Type_get_true_extent 3 "Jun 10, 2020" "4.0.4" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Type_get_true_extent\fP, \fBMPI_Type_get_true_extent_x\fP \- Returns the true lower bound and extent of a data type's corresponding typemap, ignoring MPI_UB and MPI_LB markers.

.SH SYNTAX
.ft R
.SH C Syntax
.nf
#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Type_get_true_extent(MPI_Datatype \fIdatatype\fP,
	MPI_Aint *\fItrue_lb\fP, MPI_Aint *\fItrue_extent\fP)
int MPI_Type_get_true_extent_x(MPI_Datatype \fIdatatype\fP,
	MPI_Count *\fItrue_lb\fP, MPI_Count *\fItrue_extent\fP)

.fi
.SH INPUT PARAMETER
.ft R
.TP 1i
datatype
Data type for which information is wanted (handle).
.sp
.SH OUTPUT PARAMETERS
.ft R
.TP 1i
true_lb
True lower bound of data type (integer).
.TP 1i
true_extent
True size of data type (integer).
.ft R
.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer).

.SH DESCRIPTION
.ft R
The \fItrue_lb\fP parameter returns the offset of the lowest unit of store that is addressed by the data type, that is, the lower bound of the corresponding typemap, ignoring MPI_LB markers. The \fItrue_extent\fP parameter returns the true size of the data type, that is, the extent of the corresponding typemap, ignoring MPI_LB and MPI_UB markers, and performing no rounding for alignment. For both functions, if either the \fItrue_lb\fP or \fItrue_extent\fP parameter cannot express the value to be returned (e.g., if the parameter is too small to hold the output value), it is set to MPI_UNDEFINED.
.sp
The \fItrue_extent\fP is the minimum number of bytes of memory necessary to hold a data type, uncompressed.
.sp
See § 4.1.8 of the MPI-3 standard for more detailed definitions of these parameters in relation to the typemap.

.SH FORTRAN 77 NOTES
.ft R
The MPI standard prescribes portable Fortran syntax for
the \fITRUE_LB\fP and \fITRUE_EXTENT\fP arguments only for Fortran 90. FORTRAN 77 users may use the non-portable syntax
.sp
MPI_Type_get_true_extent:
.sp
.nf
     INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND \fITRUE_LB\fP
or
     INTEGER*MPI_ADDRESS_KIND \fITRUE_EXTENT\fP
.fi
.sp
MPI_Type_get_true_extent_x:
.sp
.nf
     INTEGER*MPI_COUNT_KIND \fITRUE_LB\fP
or
     INTEGER*MPI_COUNT_KIND \fITRUE_EXTENT\fP
.fi
.sp
where MPI_ADDRESS_KIND and MPI_COUNT_KIND are constants defined in mpif.h and give the length of the declared integer in bytes.

.SH ERRORS
Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism will be used to throw an MPI::Exception object.
.sp
Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

